Amboy’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Amboy. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Amboy had its start in the 1850s when the Illinois Central Railroad was extended to that point. The community's name is a transfer from Amboy, New Jersey.
The chain of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. began in Amboy when Samuel Carson opened his first dry goods store there in 1854.
The Christian denomination Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had a general conference in Amboy on April 6, 1860, at which time Joseph Smith III reorganized the church founded by his father Joseph Smith Jr.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Amboy’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amboy’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCyrus Millard Davis (Out West, 19…, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Amboy
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Amboy, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsDoty Family Crypt bw, Prairie Repose Cemetery2012
Commons20120128 44 Sunset Inn near2012
CommonsDigital Lomo Architecture2011
CommonsAmboy Il Downtown42007
CommonsAmboy Il Downtown32007
CommonsAmboy Il Downtown22007
CommonsAmboy Il Downtown12007
CommonsAmboy Il Downtown Mormon Plaque2007
CommonsILMap-doton-Amboy2006Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Cyrus Millard Davis (Out West, 1909) (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
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From Wikimedia Commons (11) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.